[HTML][HTML] Benchmarking solutions to the T-cell receptor epitope prediction problem: IMMREP22 workshop report

…, J Fernandez-de-Cossio-Diaz, A Vujkovic… - ImmunoInformatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Many different solutions to predicting the cognate epitope target of a T-cell receptor (TCR)
have been proposed. However several questions on the advantages and disadvantages of …

Diagnosing Viral Infections Through T-Cell Receptor Sequencing of Activated CD8+ T Cells

A Vujkovic, M Ha, T de Block… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
T-cell–based diagnostic tools identify pathogen exposure but lack differentiation between
recent and historical exposures in acute infectious diseases. Here, T-cell receptor (TCR) RNA …

Proline-specific peptidase activities (DPP4, PRCP, FAP and PREP) in plasma of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

…, E De Hert, K Claesen, G Vliegen, A Vujkovic… - Clinica Chimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 patients experience several features of dysregulated immune
system observed in sepsis. We previously showed a dysregulation of several proline-selective …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of the carboxypeptidase U (CPU, TAFIa, CPB2) system in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection could contribute to COVID-19 hypofibrinolytic state …

…, G Vliegen, A Hotterbeekx, A Vujkovic… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral lower respiratory tract infection caused by
the highly transmissible and pathogenic SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory-syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging T-cell receptor–epitope recognition models to disentangle unique and cross-reactive T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 …

A Postovskaya, A Vujkovic, T de Block… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite the general agreement on the significance of T cells during SARS-CoV-2 infection,
the clinical impact of specific and cross-reactive T-cell responses remains uncertain. …

[PDF][PDF] Gut-resident Lactobacillus abundance associates with IDO1 inhibition and Th17 dynamics in SIV-infected macaques

I Vujkovic-Cvijin, LA Swainson, SN Chu, AM Ortiz… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Gut microbes can profoundly modulate mucosal barrier-promoting Th17 cells in mammals. A
salient feature of HIV/simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) immunopathogenesis is the loss …

MAIT cells are imprinted by the microbiota in early life and promote tissue repair

…, A Weckel, SR Krishnamurthy, I Vujkovic-Cvijin… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The microbiota promotes the maturation and homeostasis of the immune
system, in part through the release of microbial products. Early-life microbial colonization has …

[HTML][HTML] IL-21 and probiotic therapy improve Th17 frequencies, microbial translocation, and microbiome in ARV-treated, SIV-infected macaques

AM Ortiz, ZA Klase, SR DiNapoli, I Vujkovic-Cvijin… - Mucosal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Increased mortality in antiretroviral (ARV)-treated, HIV-infected individuals has been
attributed to persistent immune dysfunction, in part due to abnormalities at the gastrointestinal …

Experimental microbial dysbiosis does not promote disease progression in SIV-infected macaques

AM Ortiz, JK Flynn, SR DiNapoli, I Vujkovic-Cvijin… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Intestinal microbial dysbiosis has been described in individuals with an HIV-1 infection and
may underlie persistent inflammation in chronic infection, thereby contributing to disease …

Congenital iRHOM2 deficiency causes ADAM17 dysfunction and environmentally directed immunodysregulatory disease

…, HM Raquer-McKay, R Kataria, I Vujkovic-Cvijin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We report a pleiotropic disease due to loss-of-function mutations in RHBDF2, the gene
encoding iRHOM2, in two kindreds with recurrent infections in different organs. One patient had …